Alexander v. State

Beasley, Judge.

Alexander, convicted of aggravated assault as a result of shooting another (OCGA § 16-5-21 (a) (2)), complains of two jury charges and the court’s allowing the state to reopen its case to offer rebuttal.

1. In its charge, the court instructed on flight. The testimony of a witness and of appellant, who did not deny the shooting but relied on self-defense, showed that he left the scene after the shooting because others said the police were coming and he did not want to be locked up. He admitted telling the police that he had thrown the gun into the woods.

Two enumerations relate to…